Creedence clearwater revival
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Topic: Creedence clearwater revival
Posted By: jean-marie
Subject: Creedence clearwater revival
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 13:19
The first american band i felt in love with ( with iron butterfly ) when i was a frogy teen , my list 1 cosmos , 2 willy , 3pendulum , in fact all are essential ,except ,maybe a part of mardi gras  
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 13:22
| I voted Cosmo, but to be honest, my fave is the compilation album called Chronicle. That one has so much great CCR classics on one album. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 13:29
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Moogtron III wrote:Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 16:01
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My first favourite band too! The first album I ever bought bought was W&TPBs, followed by Green river. Could have voted for any of the four through from GR to Pendulum, but in the end I went for Cosmos factory. I love Ramble tamble, which is quite prog, plus all the great singles on it.
Pendulum is an under-rated album though, it was quite adventurous, with a range of styles and a superb contribution by Booker T.
Pity they fell to bits with Mardi Gras, famously described by a critic as the worst album by a major band ever. That was a bit cruel, but it was poor. Depends who you believe too. Fogerty says Cook and Clifford demanded a more democratic arrangement allowing them to write some of the songs, the pair say Fogerty refused to write more than half the album, forcing them to contribute songs which were not up to standard.
Even after all these years, there still seems no chance of the hatchet being burried.
RIP John's brother Tom, who left the band after Pendulum. I have a rare single by him called Goodbye media man. No prizes for guessing who that was aimed at.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 16:09
  
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 17:29
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so CCV is'nt music, ah my mistake, I thought they were -------------  
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 17:41
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CCR was a very good band. Too bad for John Fogerty that he had so much trouble with his record company, actually getting money for all his music.
CCR is not prog and John Fogerty didn't like "intellectual music" like prog at all, but even when most of his songs are simple (though not all) what great songs he wrote! A very talented guy, with a great voice, and great guitar playing. From the more extended songs I like the opening track on Cosmo's Factory, and his version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine, though the short version is better in my ears.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 19:20
you know what? i'm amazed so few answers about such a fantastic band,  
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 20:24
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Cosmo's Factory is an amazing album, as is Willie and the Poor Boys. One of the greatest American rock bands of all time. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: April 03 2011 at 15:34
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Yeah, I should have voted for Cosmo's, but Green River (which is a fine album) needed a vote. The title track, Commotion, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Wrote A Song For Everyone...these are all solid tracks that document the band just as it was about to peak. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 03 2011 at 16:32
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Posted By: tarkus1980
Date Posted: April 03 2011 at 19:27
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I like CCR. I do. I just don't love them quite as much as seemingly most people do.
http://www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org/ccr.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org/ccr.htm ------------- "History of Rock Written by the Losers." |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 03 2011 at 21:11
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I like CCR, but I have heard them so often on the radio that overexposure has somewhat dimmed my love of their work. Still, they're better than the Eagles.  |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 02:34
Maybe because it has been discussed before, in http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7725&KW=creedence&PID=568841#568841" rel="nofollow - this thread.
Then again, that was long ago and maybe there aren't many CCR fans here on the site.
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 02:58
Unfortunately, only a handful of their songs are played on radio. It is well worth trying a few of their albums to discover how good they really were.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 03:37
as is so very often the case |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 03:56
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, but i confess i like the eagles too Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 04:06
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 04:37
Yes, the gunsmoke has evaporated after more than 5 years
 BTW John Fogerty is still active, one of those artists who can't stop performing
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Posted By: Theriver
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 05:46
| Great band. Great songs. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 06:46
I wanna know, why did they need reviving?
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 07:04
Because the water wasn't clear anymore
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 07 2011 at 05:53
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 07 2011 at 07:33
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It was the salmon mousse? My joke name for the band is Cretins Mudwater Disaster. Intentionally misheard lyrics: I wanna know, have you ever seen my brain? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 07 2011 at 07:39
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 11 2011 at 07:20
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I went for Bayou Country
But Cosmo's, Pendulum (their proggiest) and the debut are all fine
I just don't like Green River and Poor Boys >>> just too country-ish for my tastes....
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we had a place up north in Toronto, close to the Huron Lake and the Wasaga Beach resort.... It was callmed Creemore....
And we'd get up twice a year with all the instruments we had and jammed all w-e long...
These events were called Creemore Dirtywater Upheavals
 Thiose were the days ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |